Iran News in Brief – April 24, 2022

 Hammam Alley in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Northeast Iran

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Raisi’s Economic Team in Jeopardy

According to the state-run Hamshahri Online, Mohammad Mokhber, the Iranian regime’s vice president, announced today that both the presidential executive and economic deputies are removed from the government’s economic commission.

According to Fars news agency, when the names of Ebrahim Raisi’s economic team were cited, some analysts and economists expressed serious disbelief about the composition because of the very conflicts the members had with each other. Sources inside the presidential palace had previously confirmed that the Raisi’s vice president had serious disagreements with Mohsen Rezaei, his economic deputy, over economic issues.

Given the serious economic crisis at hand, state media now express doubts about whether Mohsen Rezaei intends to remain in the government as Vice President for Economic Affairs or not.

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